Chair Makeover

One more post about a yard sale find. (I really never go yard-saleing – I just got lucky, ‘happening-to-pass-by’ two garage sales in my own neighborhood this summer.) So at a yard sale down the street from my house I spotted these 2 chairs. $10 for the pair. They looked a little bedraggled but full of potential.

Here is the “after”. It only took me about a month and a half of looking at the chairs to decide what I wanted to to. So many colors and directions to go with these beauties. In the end I decided I was feeling the ‘scandinavian‘ vibe and went white.

I found the fabric at Ikea (see? Scandinavian!) on clearance for $4.50 a yard. Here I am channeling my ‘inner-Hildi‘ (remember Trading Spaces?) and upholstering for the first time. Never mind that it’s only a small, flat cushion, I felt empowered by that staple gun.

I used white, gloss Krylon to paint the chair. Not fancy. I probably need to add a coat of some kind of finisher, glaze or something and I’m undecided about whether or not to distress it a little bit. I’ll keep mulling it over for a few more weeks before I tackle the other chair as well. It’s still a work in progress.

Here’s the nice ‘before and after’ shot. My china-hutch re-do is still probably my favorite furniture makeover, but the chair is definitely a close second. Cost-wise per chair: Chair = $5, primer = $3.50, paint = $3.50, fabric = $2.25 for a total of $14.25. I think I can handle doing the other one.

Love your chair! I&#39;m channelling the same Scandinavian feel over here in Australia (you&#39;ve reminded me to go down to the garage and give my project another coat of nearly-white…). Hope my finished product looks as good as yours!

Nicely done — I like the clean white of the paint and the stripey pink fabric. If it were me, I&#39;d not distress it.<br />I also had to go back and read your posts on redoing the china cabinet and your second hand living room.

Honestly I&#39;ve seen some &#39;make overs&#39; recently where I thought it looked better before (I didn&#39;t comment!) but this chair looks a million times better. I like the vibe you were going for and think you were successful! They look lovely and I like the fabric choice with the white. Nice job 🙂 Now if you&#39;d like to come and have a go at mine…?!

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